St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster
Primary schoolSt Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is a primary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 144 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 33% of pupils at St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Chadwick High SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, June 2025330 m
- Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Our Lady's Catholic CollegeSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.1 (2025/26, provisional)590 m
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Beaumont College - A Salutem/Ambito CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file920 m
- The Loyne Specialist SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, January 2024990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lancaster
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).